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Photograph of car traveling at 65 miles per hour on salt treated section of U.S. Highway 79 in Thrall. Limits: from Taylor to Milam County line. Visible are two water towers, a windmill, several buildings and a corn field.

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Photograph of U.S. Highway 79. Car traveling at 65 miles per hour on untreated gravel east of Taylor. Note dust cloud. Homes and windmill beside the highway. The edge of a grader is on the right. From Taylor to the Milam County line.

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Photograph of U.S. Highway 79. Hand-distributing salt for salt-stabilized gravel east of Taylor. Shows two men in hats and overalls. They are standing in the back of a truck. You can see the cloud of salt flying in the air as well as utility poles and a distant building.

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Photograph of U.S. Highway 79. Salt stabilization treatment from Taylor to Milam County line. Summer 1936. Tractor pulling scraper and a leaning wheel grader in the distance on the right. Home and barn on the left.

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Demolition stage shows the old North San Gabriel River bridge removed and a shovel in the riverbed with the dome of Williamson County Courthouse in the distance.

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Demolition stage shows truss being lowered to the ground, old North San Gabriel River bridge.

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Demolition showing tower derrick set up to remove trusses and to set new structural steel, North San Gabriel River bridge.

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Demolition stage shows truss on the ground, old North San Gabriel River bridge.

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Demolition stage shows truss lowered to ground, old North San Gabriel River bridge.

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16. Old North San Gabriel River bridge from top of guy derrick over stripped trusses. On U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation)

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16. View from top of guy derrick of embankment construction between old and detour bridges over the North San Gabriel River. On U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation)

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16. Old North San Gabriel River bridge with guy derrick in place for removing trusses. Detour bridge is also visible in the background on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation)

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16. Old North San Gabriel River bridge with guy derrick in place for removing trusses. On U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation)

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Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16. Removing concrete floor from old North San Gabriel River bridge on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Shows men and equipment on the bridge deck.

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Photograph of Photograph of FAP 260 (2) Job 16. View southward to the old North San Gabriel River Bridge on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Shows partial view of Conoco gas station on the right and very distant Williamson County courthouse dome.